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RAF Methwold opened as a dispersal airfield for RAF Feltwell in the winter of 1938. Vickers Wellington bombers from Feltwell continued to use the site as a satellite base until the grass airfield was transferred to No. 2 Group in the exchange of bases with No. 3 Group , in the summer of 1942.
Farm-land around the village of Methwold was an obvious area on which to construct a satellite airfield for the use of R.A.F. Feltwell as a dispersal and landing ground. As war progressed there was increasing activity at the airfield, new.
Nov 7, 2016 · No. 487 Squadron NCOs at RAF Methwold early 1943. Armourers load 250-lb GP bombs into a Lockheed Ventura Mark II of No. 464 Squadron RAAF at Methwold, Norfolk, using a bomb-trolley borrowed from No. 487 Squadron RNZAF.
Aug 25, 2024 · On the day of the incident, the Lancaster Bomber took off from RAF Methwold, in Norfolk, at 18:55 BST to strike a V-1 Flying Bomb site in Vincly, France. Seven men were on board when the...
There are:56 items tagged RAF Methwold available in our Library. These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. George Fenwick Findley 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron.
RAF Methwold was officially closed down in June 1958, the land being returned to its former owners or their families. In the 1960’s much of the concrete runways were broken up and the area returned largely to agriculture.
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Aug 6, 2018 · Eric Cooper answered his country's call and joined the RAF and became a rear gunner in 214 Sqn RAF flying Stirling bombers. His aircraft was shot down over Holland on the night of 24th July 1942, Eric along with all but one of the crew perished.
